DE69712806T2 - Optical systems and devices with spectrally uniform amplified spontaneous emission - Google Patents

Optical systems and devices with spectrally uniform amplified spontaneous emission

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DE69712806T2
DE69712806T2 DE69712806T DE69712806T DE69712806T2 DE 69712806 T2 DE69712806 T2 DE 69712806T2 DE 69712806 T DE69712806 T DE 69712806T DE 69712806 T DE69712806 T DE 69712806T DE 69712806 T2 DE69712806 T2 DE 69712806T2
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devices
optical systems
spontaneous emission
amplified spontaneous
spectrally uniform
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Craig W Hodgson
Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar
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Nokia of America Corp
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Lucent Technologies Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/06795—Fibre lasers with superfluorescent emission, e.g. amplified spontaneous emission sources for fibre laser gyrometers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S2301/00—Functional characteristics
    • H01S2301/04—Gain spectral shaping, flattening
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/0675—Resonators including a grating structure, e.g. distributed Bragg reflectors [DBR] or distributed feedback [DFB] fibre lasers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
DE69712806T 1996-01-16 1997-01-07 Optical systems and devices with spectrally uniform amplified spontaneous emission Expired - Lifetime DE69712806T2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US08/586,414 US5668821A (en) 1996-01-16 1996-01-16 Optical systems and devices employing spectrally flattened amplified spontaneous emission

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DE69712806D1 DE69712806D1 (en) 2002-07-04
DE69712806T2 true DE69712806T2 (en) 2002-11-28

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EP (1) EP0785600B1 (en)
JP (1) JP3532373B2 (en)
DE (1) DE69712806T2 (en)

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EP0785600A2 (en) 1997-07-23
JP3532373B2 (en) 2004-05-31
EP0785600A3 (en) 1998-06-03
DE69712806D1 (en) 2002-07-04
JPH09232661A (en) 1997-09-05
EP0785600B1 (en) 2002-05-29

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